Comparison of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and conventional culture for the detection of Legionella species in hot spring water samples in Japan

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 117-120

  Furuhata, Katsunori ^a   Annaka, Toshimitsu ^b   Ikedo, Masanari ^b   Fukuyama, Masahumi ^a   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^c  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EIKEN CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hot spring water; Legionella species; Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; HOT SPRINGS; ISOTHERMS;

BATH WATER; HOT SPRING WATER; LEGIONELLA SPECIES; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP);

MICROORGANISMS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; LEGIONELLA; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THERMAL SPRING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA;

EID: 24144453102     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.10.117     Document Type: Article

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